Love

Kyle Petras

5/12/15

Blog #3

Love

In act three, romance and love ensue. After being split from the tempest, Ferdinand is brought to Prospero by Ariel. At first sight, Miranda and Ferdinand fall in love. In the thick of it, Prospero wants them to get married but worries that he and his daughter will be separated from the island.

After being brought over by Ariel to Prospero and Miranda, Ferdinand beings to take a liking for Miranda. Prospero gives him the job of moving logs, the job Caliban used to have. Miranda shows ups to see Ferdinand. She sees that he is working hard and wants to help. “If you’ll sit down, I’ll bear your logs the while. Pray, give me that. I’ll carry it to the pile”(3.1.27-29). Miranda refuses to let him take the logs, so she demands that she do it for him in love. Ferdinand does not allow it to happen. He says, ”No, precious creature, I had rather crack my sinews, break my back, than you should such dishonor undergo while I sit lazyby”(3.1.30-33). Ferdinand tells Miranda that she shouldn’t do his work because of how beautiful a creature she is. Ferdinand continues to admire her with, “But you, O you, So perfect and so peerless, are created of every creature’s best”(3.1.56-58). He is continuously bombarding her with his “enraged affection” and wanting to get married. As they talk, Prospero is observing from a ridge. Towards the end of scene one, it is the turning point for their marriage and love. Miranda asks, “Do you love me?”(3.1.80), and Ferdinand responds, “I, beyond all limit of all else i’ th’ world, do love, prize, honor you”(3.1.84-86). This now locks in the deed that they do love each other. Miranda tells Ferdinand “ I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I’ll die your maid”(3.1.100-101). Ferdinand replies “Ay, with a heart as willing as bondage e’er of freedom. Here’s my hand”(3.1.106-107). Now this is stating that Miranda will marry if he agrees, if not, she will become his servant so she can be with him. Ferdinand is saying that he is will as someone willing to be free from being bound. It is official that they both love each other. After talking, they decide to be married. “So glad of this as they I cannot be, who are surprised withal; but my rejoicing at nothing can be more. I’ll to my book, for yet ere suppertime must I perform much business appertaining”(3.1.111-115). Prospero wants her to be married because if she is to Ferdinand, she will become Queen of Naples. He also fears that if she becomes Queen, He will lose his daughter who grew up on the island with him.



Even though love is nice, it can have some consequences. Miranda and Ferdinand have decided that they love each other and that they are going to get married. Prospero wants his daughter to be happy with Ferdinand, but their marriage brings Prospero loneliness.